While previous studies have assessed the linkages between the implementation of the
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown and human rights issues in non-African …

Promoting the general welfare of the people and securing citizens' liberty is an
incontrovertible project of any state's policymaking. Therefore, Nigeria's citizen diplomacy is …

During colonialism, African countries were exposed to severe living circumstances and
human rights abuses. African nations earned their independence and transitioned to …

This article addresses the social harm of gas flaring by petroleum companies in the Niger
Delta, Nigeria and makes a conceptual case for human rights and state-corporate crimes. It …

Globally, it is generally acknowledged that every individual and a every citizen possess
certain definite political, civil, economic and social rights, which are fundamental to his/her …

Human rights are arguably the intellectual patrimony of humankind. All societies and
civilisations of the world had some idea of the inalienable rights prior to the formation of …

The history of military regimes in Nigeria is synonymous with the history of suppression,
repression, extricable use of violence, impunity and blatant trampling on fundamental …

This article reviews secondary data on Nigeria's Fourth Republic and finds that successive
administrations in the Republic have not fared better in safeguarding human rights than the …

Nigeria and India are former British colonies. Both countries have similar constitutional
framework on fundamental rights and directive principles of state policy. South Africa, with …

Abstract The Supreme Court of Nigeria in the Case of Ransome Kuti v Attorney General of
Federation held that Human Right is a right which stands above the ordinary law of the land …